Was hoping to get answers to these question to confirm the algorithm I am using on my BackupPC_deleteFile script. I just want to make sure I am not missing any subtleties here with the attrib files.
Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 22:51:22 -0500 on Monday, November 17, 2008: Is the following true: 1. If a directory is *empty*, is there any reason for it to have an attrib file? Because in playing around with creating and deleting directory contents, I found that sometimes even after emptying directory contents, the subsequent incremental backups may sometimes still have (empty) attrib files. 2. If not, can I safely erase any (empty) attrib file that has no files associated with it? 3. Other than type=10 (delete), is there *any* reason for an attrib file to contain an entry for a file that is not present in the directory? Because, I have found some attrib files on my system in past backups that have file entries with type 0 (i.e *not* type 10) yet there is no file present in the directory. 4. If not, can I safely *remove* any non type=10 attrib entry if the corresponding file is not in the directory? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
